Housing data

Median house prices data is from Registers of Scotland.

Private rent data is from the Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Scotland rents data are mainly for advertised new lets. In-tenancy rental price increases in Scotland have been capped since late 2022. Advertised lets are not subject to the recent price cap, so the cap will be less reflected in these statistics. This is likely to lead to over-estimation in stock prices and indices for Scotland since late 2022.

Housing affordability uses the house price data above alongside weekly median gross employee earnings data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Household population by council tax band data is from National Records of Scotland.

Tenure data is from the Scottish Census 2011.

Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) data is from the Scottish Government. Note that the EPC register currently only covers 58% of dwellings.

Further data: overcrowding (Census); house builidng

Earnings data

The charts show median gross earnings of employees (without adjusting for inflation). Data is collected by the Office for National Statistics each April via the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The statistics cover employees only and exclude self-employed earnings.

Data is available on a council-area level, but not on Scottish Parliament constituency or region level. This page includes council areas that are within or overlap with the selected Scottish Parliament region.

Gaps in the data reflect missing values, usually due to small sample sizes.

Labour market data

• Employment rate - The proportion of 16-65 year-olds who are employed or self-employed
• Unemployment rate - The proportion of 16+ year-olds who are currently unemployed, i.e. they are looking for work
• Inactivity rate - The proportion of 16-65 year-olds who are currently not employed or self-employed and are not actively looking for work.

Employment and Inactivity data is updated quarterly by the Office for National Statistics via the Labour Force Survey. The shaded areas and error bars show measurement uncertainty (the 95% confidence interval) where available. Missing data is shown as gaps. Due to small numbers, constituency-level unemployment rates are not available using this data source.

Unemployment (claimant count) estimates are updated monthly by the Office for National Statistics via the nomis data portal. This experimental series counts the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance plus those who claim Universal Credit and are required to seek work and be available for work.